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Illinois - Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices
2015 IL H.B. 2450; Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a manufacturer or distributor of prescription contact lenses to prevent a retailer from selling or advertising contact lenses below any specified price, i.e. no Colgate or MAP policies for contact lenses).
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/PDF/09900HB2450lv.pdf
Georgia - Food & Beverage
2017 GA H.B. 60; Provides for distillers to sell limited quantities of products at retail and permits distiller owned food service establishments to be located on or contiguous to the licensed premises of a distiller.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20172018/162836.pdf
Arizona - Motor Vehicle Dealers
2017 AZ H.B. 2331; Provides that automobile dealers must be compensated for recall work at the same rate they are compensated for warranty work.
https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/446134
Arizona - Employment Relationships
2017 AZ H.B. 2322 : Provides that a franchisor or other owner of a trademark is not an employer or co-employer of either a franchisee/licensee or an employee of the franchisee/licensee, unless the franchisor/mark owner agrees in writing to assume that role.
https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/446024
Wyoming - Transportation and Highways
WY S.B. 57, LAST-ACTION: JANUARY 11, 2017; To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS.,Permits a motor vehicle manufacturer without dealerships within the state to sell motor vehicles directly to consumers.
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Introduced/SF0057.pdf
Virginia - General Law
VA H.B. 1901, LAST-ACTION: JANUARY 11, 2017; To HOUSE Committee on GENERAL LAWS., Creates an exception to the tied house prohibition on the retail sale of alcoholic beverages by manufacturers of distilled spirits for manufacturers of distilled spirits located within the Commonwealth, not under common control or ownership with any other distillery, that are under common control or ownership with a restaurant licensed to sell spirits at retail in the Commonwealth, provided that such manufacturer produces no more than 5,000 gallons of spirits annually and does not require, by agreement or otherwise, the retail licensee to exclude from sale at the restaurant alcoholic beverages of other manufacturers, bottlers, or wholesalers.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1901+pdf
South Carolina - Labor, Commerce and Industry
H.B. 3031, LAST-ACTION: JANUARY 10, 2017; To HOUSE Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY., Franchisors are not considered employers or co-employers of franchisees or franchisee employees unless the franchisor agrees, in writing; assumes the role of an employer or co-employer of the franchisee or the employee of a franchisee.
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/3031_20161215.htm
Montana - Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
MT S.B. 108, DATE-INTRO: JANUARY 11, 2017, LAST-ACTION: JANUARY 12, 2017; To SENATE Committee on BUSINESS, LABOR AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS., Prohibits enforcement of a right of first refusal in automobile dealer contracts.
http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/billpdf/SB0108.pdf
Mississippi - Finance
MS S.B. 2110; INTRO: JANUARY 9, 2017, LAST-ACTION: JANUARY 9, 2017; To SENATE Committee on FINANCE., A franchisor is not considered to be an employer or co-employer of a franchisee or an employee of a franchisee unless the franchisor agrees, in writing, to assume the role of an employer or co-employer of the franchisee or the employee of a franchisee.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/pdf/SB/2100-2199/SB2110IN.pdf
Kentucky - Transportation
KY S.B. 73, LAST-ACTION: JANUARY 7, 2017; To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION., Adds autocycles to the definition of motorcycle and addresses licensing and other requirements relating to the sale of autocycles.
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB73/bill.pdf
